Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East) Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) on Saturday killed and recovered at least eight terrorists in a coordinated and decisive attack on FOB Mandaragirau in Biu local government area of Borno State, an official says.
According to a statement by Sani Uba, Media Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force (North East), Operation Hadin Kai, to Journalists in Maiduguri on Saturday.
The statement read, “Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East) Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) in the early hours of Saturday, 28 March 2026, decisively defeated a half-hearted attack by ISWAP terrorists on FOB Mandaragirau in Sector 2.
“The troops engaged the attackers with well-coordinated ambushes and a deliberate offensive-defensive response that forced them into a disorderly withdrawal while the Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI provided close air support to the troops and ISR feedback to enhance targeted kinetic responses.
Subsequent exploitation along the terrorists’ withdrawal routes inflicted further heavy losses.
A total of about 38 terrorists were neutralised, with 8 bodies recovered so far within the immediate engagement area, and human intelligence from locals confirming over 30 additional terrorist bodies and weapons strewn along the Garin Mallum–Garin Gajere axis into the Timbuktu Triangle.
” Troops also recovered 7 AK-47 rifles, 8 magazines, 4 RPG bombs and assorted ammunition, while recording no fatalities; one MRAP was hit by RPG fire, with injured personnel promptly stabilised.
The scale of enemy losses has triggered widespread jubilation among local communities and underscores the sustained dominance of OPHK troops in denying terrorists freedom of action.
Further exploitation operations are ongoing along the Garin Mallum – Garin Gajere axis at the fringes of the Timbuktu Triangle to recover the littered terrorists’ corpses and consolidate gains.
